Other name(s): Fordson I; Ludolph Oldendorff; Max Bernstein; Tractor; Weathersfield
Ship owner: Arnold Bernstein; Canada Steamship Lines; E. Oldendorf; Inter-American Steamship Co.; Montreal Trans. Co.
Ship builder: Swan & Hunter, Wallsend-on-Tyne, England
Engine builder: North Eastern Marine Engine Co.
Year ship built: 1903
Year engine built: 1903
Final disposition: Sunk by British aricraft, Egersund, Norway, October 9, 1944.
Notes:
Canallers - small, usually foreign built ships able to pass through the limited size (260 ft.) of the Welland Canal locks.
Remarks:
b) Weathersfield
c) Max Bernstein (German)
d) Fordson I
e) Tractor
f) Ludolph Oldendorff
Owners:
1) Montreal Trans. Co.
2) Inter-American Steamship Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ontario (1917)
3) Canadian Maritime Co., Ltd. (1918)
4) E.J. Heinz (London), Ltd. (1921)
5) Arnold Bernstein, Hamburg, Germany (1924)
6) Egon Oldendorff, Lubeck, Germany (1937)
Registry number: c.114445
Hull number: 287
Vessel type: Bulk Freighter (Canaller)
Height: 20
Width: 42
Length: 247
Stroke length: 39
Gross tonnage: 1941
Net tonnage: 1129
Materials: Steel
Engine type: Triple expansion
Piston 1: 21
Piston 2: 55
Piston 3: 58 in.